Roofing member.



iB. H.`GEDGE ROOFING MEMBER.

APPLICATION FILED, 11113.27, 1913.

Patented Dec. 8, 1914.

@Vi hamac o AAA/VQ' BURTON H. GEDGWOF ANDERSON, INDIANA,

ROOFING MEMBER;

Specification ofletters Patent.

Patented lDec. 8,1914.

Application led February 27. 19.13. SerialNo. 750,975.

To all whom, 'it ma concern: 1

Be it known t at I, BURTON H. Gener., a citizen of the United States,`residing at Anderson. in the county of Madison and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Roofing Member, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to produce a sheet metal roofing member which `may be easily and cheaply constructed and of such character as to avoid the objections hereto the use of present sheet fore resulting from metal roofing members because of. capillary attraction. i

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a small section of the roof covered by a fragment of two adjacent and mating roofing members of my improved type; and Fig. 2 a fragmentary perspective of a modified form.

In 'the drawings, 10 indicates the main body of a sheet of metal such asis commonly used 'in the production 'of `roofing members. At one edge sheet- 10 is -provided with an upturned lip 11 which preferably lies at a slightly obtuse angle to the main body of thesheet. At the opposite edge sheet 10 is rovided with a lip 12 the vertical height o which is less' than the vertical height of lip111. There may be con-` siderable range in the variation of height of these two lips, but in practice the difference will probably be from 1%; to l of an inch. Flanking 11p 12 is a substantially horizontal lip 13 which may be of any desired width and this lip is in turn flanked by a comparatively short lip 14 which may lie substantially at right angles to the plane of lip 13. The lip 13 is not quite parallel with the main body 10 but is upwardly inclined by an amount suflicient to substantially compensatethe diierence in height between lips 11 and 12.

In applying my improved member to a roof, I provide, as is usual in suchcases, a wooden roof 15 and this roof is longitudinally stripped, at appropriate intervals, with wood strips 16, the height of which is substantially equal to the vertical height of lips 12 beneath the lips 13, and the widths of which are a little less than the width of lip 13, the strips 16 being spaced apart a distance equal, or substantially equal, to the distance between the upper ends of the lips 11 and 12 of a roofing plate. Whenthe plates are asshaped space being) sembled, as clearly indicated in the draw- 1ngs ,l1ps 18 and 14 overlie the upper edge of l1p 11 of the adjacent sheet, whereupon nails 17, or other suitable fastening members, are driven through lips 13 into the ribs 16, thus not only holding the sheets in place, but also springing lips 13 slightly downwardly so as to tighten said lips down upon the upper edge of the overlaid lip 11. This gives a substantially sharp line of contact between adjacent roofing members and also provides a wedge-shaped space 18 vimmedlately beneath the lip 13, said wedgetoo great to cause any water, entrapped etweeu lips 11 and 14, to creep into and fill the space. As a consequence, any water which may splash from the main body of the sheet upwardly' into the space between the lips 11- and 14, will be prevented from passing beyond the line of contact between the upper edge of lip 11 and the lip `18.

The construction -shown in Fig. 2 is `very similar to that shown in Fig. 1 except that the upstanding lip 11 (which corresponds to the lip 11 in t e other form) is flanked by a trough 2O which is of sufiicient depth to avoid becoming filled by capillary action and the outer lip of which is of sufficient height to engage the overlying lip 13 of an adjacent sheet. By this arrangement the trough 20 willstiffen the lip 13 and prevent t'oo great a depression thereof when the fastening members 17 are driven into place, thus avoiding any tendency, which might possibly exist in the other form, of an upward buckling of the main body of the sheet if the fastening members 17 are driven too tightly in place.

I claim as my invention:

1. Asheet roofing member comprising a main sheet having an upstanding lip formed along one edge, and an upstanding lip formed along the opposite edge and of less height than the first mentioned lip, said second lip being horizontal lip which down-turned lip.

2.,The combination with a sheet roofing member comprising a main sheet having an upstanding lip formed along one edge, .and an upstanding lip formed along the opposite edge and of less height than the first mentioned lip, said second lip being Hanked by in turn is ilanked by a a substantially horizontal lip which in turn is fianked by a down-turned lip,

of a supfianked by a substantially porting structure provided with upstanding ribs having a. height less than the taller lip of a roofing sheet and a width less than the horizontal width of the horizontal lip of the roofing sheet, and fastening members driven through the horizontal lip into the sub-structure so as to spring the horizontal lip downwardly upon the upper edge of the taller npstanding lip.

3. The combination with a sheetroofing member comprising a main sheet having an upstanding lip formed along one edge, and an upstanding lip formed along the opposite edge, said second lip being flanked by a sub stantially horizontal lip which in turn is flanked by a down-turned lip, of a supporting struc-ture provided with upstanding ribs having a height less thanv an adjacent lip of a roofing sheet and a width less than the horizontal width of the horizontal lip of the roofing sheet, and fastening members driven through the horizontal lip into the substructure so as to spring the horizontal lip downwardly upon the'npper edged of the adjacent upstanding lip.

l. A sheet roofing member comprising a y main sheet having an upstanding lip formed along one edge flanked by an upwardly pre- Y sented trough, and an upstanding lip formed along the opposite edge of less height than the `lirst mentioned lip, said second lip being flanked b v a substantially horizontal lip which in turn is flanked by a down-turned lip.

5. The combination with a sheet' roofing member comprising a main sheet having an upstanding lip formed along one edge and anked by an upwardly presented trough,

and an upst-anding lip formed along the opposite edge and of less height than the first mentioned lip, said 'second lip being flanked b v a substantially horizontal lip which in turn is flanked by a down-turned lip, of a. supporting structure provided with upstanding ribs having a height sufficient to receive and support the trough-like portion of the roofing sheet and a width less than the horizontal width of the horizontal lip of the roofing sheet, and fastening members driven through the horizontal lip into the sub-structure alongside the trough portion.

6. The combination with a sheet roofing member comprising a main sheet having an upstanding lip formed along one edge and flanked by an upwardly presented trough,

alg/d an upstanding lip formed along the op- 'p site edge, said second lip being flanked by a substantially horizontal lip Which inv turn is flanked by a down-turned lip, of a supporting structure provided with updstanding ribs having a. height sufficient to receive and support the trough-like portion of the roofing sheet and a width less than the horizontal width of the horizontal lip of the roofing sheet, and fastening members driven through the horizontal lip into the sub-structure` alongside the trough portion.

In Witness whereof, I, have hereunto set my hand at Indianapolis, Indiana, this 11th day of February, A. D. one thousand nine hundred and thirteen.

BURTON H. GEDGE.

Witnesses ARTHUR. M. Hoon, FRANK IA. FAHLE. 

